(p. 935) śakta2 hard, not soft; strong; stiff, obdurate; durable, tight; firm, steady; stubborn; severe, rigorous; strict; rigid; strenuous; niggardly, stingy (খরচের বেলায় সে শক্ত); harsh (শক্ত কথা) excruciating (শক্ত ব্যথা); difficult. শক্ত ঘানি (fig.) a very hard taskmaster; (fig.) a hard nut to crack; a very obdurate man. শক্ত পাল্লায় পড়া to have to deal with a person who is more than one's match, to catch a tartar. শক্তের ভক্ত নরমের যম (fig.) one who flatters a strong opponent but tyrannizes over a weak one, a jackal in Brobdingang playing the lion in Lilliput. 18)

(p. 951) śbāpada any carnivorous ferocious beast of prey; (loos.) a wild beast. ̃সংকুল ̃সমাকীর্ণ a. infested with ferocious beasts of prey. 96)

(p. 935) śatēka one hundred; many hundreds; many, innumerable; nearly or approximately a hundred. ̃খেয়ারি n. fem. (in vulgar reviling) a cursed woman who has seen the death of a hundred near ones. 42)

(p. 935) śapatha an oath, a swearing; a vow; a promise. শপথ করা v. to take an oath, to swear; to vow; to promise. শপথ করানো v. to cause to take an oath, to cause to swear or vow or promise. শপথ করে, ̃পূর্বক adv. on oath, with an oath. ̃পত্র n. an affidavit. ̃প্রমাণক n. a Commissioner of affidavits. 48)

(p. 939) śariẏata the Islamic scripture or law. 18)

(p. 951) śumāra counting, enumeration (আদমশুমার = census); calculation; estimate. 8)

(p. 951) śbasana breathing, respiration; (loos.) inhalation. কৃত্রিম শ্বসন artificial respiration. 95)

(p. 942) śāmuka the snail. শামুক-চুন n. shell-lime. শামুকের খোলা a shell of a snail. 24)

(p. 949) śun̐ṭaki (of fish) preserved by seasoning and drying in the sun; emaciated and shrivelled up (শুঁটকি চেহারা). n. dried and seasoned fish. 20)

(p. 951) śōnā to hear; to listen (to); to obey (কথা শোনা); to comply with; to pay heed to. a. that which has been heard or listened to; heard or learnt from others (শোনা কথা). ̃নো v. to make one hear; to inform or tell; to cause to obey; to cause to pay heed to. গান শোনানো v. to sing (one) a song. ̃মাত্র adv. immediately on hearing, directly upon hearing. 69)

(p. 951) śō expressing: a swishing or whirring or whizzing sound. 56)

(p. 944) śālu a kind of red-coloured cotton fabric. 6)

(p. 944) śiśi a phial made of glass. 86)

(p. 944) śirōdēśa the region of the head; the head, the crown; top. 73)

(p. 949) śīkara a very fine particle of rain flying in air; a drop of water. 5)